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Phrasal Verbs

Choose the right phrasal verb and put it in the correct form or tense. You may have to change the position of some other words. Use each verb only once. come across/come down/fill in/get ahead/get along with/get away with/get by/get over/get through/go off/go on/look up/look for/look out for/look through/look up to/make into/make up/make of/make out/make up for/put off/put on/show off/take after/take off/take on/take to/take up/turn down/turn up 1. I . my purse everywhere but I couldn!t find it. ". #y mother has a very low pension$ she has to . on %&'( a month %. #y students .. the most incredible e)cuses for not having done their homework *. I had so much work that I thought I would never ..it. &. +he meeting has been . until ne)t week because the president is ill. ,. I need to lose some weight so I think I!d better ... -ogging .. /e invited "' people but only . 0. 1he her grandmother in looks but not in character. 2. /hat do you .. her strange attitude3 1'. I. all my colleagues at work. +hey4re very helpful. 11. /hen the timer .. you must switch off the oven. 1". I want to ..my behaviour earlier so here!s a little present for you 1%. 5o you think the price of petrol will ever..3 1*. .. ice on the road. I think there was a frost last night 1&. You!re not going to..this. You will be severely punished 1,. I was..as a secretary but actually I do public relations work too.

1.. I!m going to all my old e)ams to make sure that I don!t make the same mistakes again 10. It was dark in the room and I one blue sock and one black one6 12. I . some old coins from my trip to #alaysia when I was looking for something else "'. I invited her out for dinner but she me "1. /ithout my glasses I can!t whether it is a dog or a sheep "". 7 lot of people still haven!t .the Civil /ar and the suffering goes on "%. +his cra8y fashion of wearing your socks outside your trousers has really.$ everybody!s doing it6 "*. 9is trainer ..him an e)cellent player though he was only mediocre before. "&. 9e!s the sort of person that likes to about how much money he!s got ",. :lease .. 7;; the blank spaces in the e)ercise ".. <verybody .. =im for his bravery "0. I can!t him$ he!s too bossy and arrogant "2. You are only allowed to. 1' words in the dictionary so choose them well %'. 9e soon .. in his career because he was ambitious and worked hard %1. You can!t eating so much$ you!ll get as fat as a pig6

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1. I looked for my purse everywhere but I couldn!t find it. ". #y mother has a very low pension$ she has to get by on %&'( a month %. #y students make up the most incredible e)cuses for not having done their homework *. I had so much work that I thought I would never get through it. &. +he meeting has been put off until ne)t week because the president is ill. ,. I need to lose some weight so I think I!d better take up -ogging .. /e invited "' people but only . turned up 0. 1he takes after/took after her grandmother in looks but not in character. 2. /hat do you make of her strange attitude3 1'. I get along with all my colleagues at work. +hey4re very helpful. 11. /hen the timer goes off you must switch off the oven. 1". I want to make up for my behaviour earlier so here!s a little present for you 1%. 5o you think the price of petrol will ever come down3 1*. ;ook out for ice on the road. I think there was a frost last night 1&. You!re not going to get away with this. You will be severely punished 1,. I was taken on as a secretary but actually I do public relations work too. 1.. I!m going to look through all my old e)ams to make sure that I don!t make the same mistakes again 10. It was dark in the room and I put on one blue sock and one black one6 12. I came across some old coins from my trip to #alaysia when I was looking for something else "'. I invited her out for dinner but she turned me down "1. /ithout my glasses I can!t make out whether it is a dog or a sheep "". 7 lot of people still haven!t got over the Civil /ar and the suffering goes on

"%. +his cra8y fashion of wearing your socks outside your trousers has really taken off$ everybody!s doing it6 "*. 9is trainer made him into an e)cellent player though he was only mediocre before. "&. 9e!s the sort of person that likes to show off about how much money he!s got ",. :lease fill in 7;; the blank spaces in the e)ercise ".. <verybody looks up to/looked up to =im for his bravery "0. I can!t take to him$ he!s too bossy and arrogant "2. You are only allowed to look up 1' words in the dictionary so choose them well %'. 9e soon got ahead in his career because he was ambitious and worked hard %1. You can!t go on eating so much$ you!ll get as fat as a pig6

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